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<span class="top">The Book of 2nd John</span><HR NOSHADE>
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<td class="v">1:1</td>
<td>The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;</td>
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<td class="v">1:2</td>
<td>For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.</td>
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<td class="v">1:3</td>
<td>Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.</td>
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<td class="v">1:4</td>
<td>I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.</td>
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<td class="v">1:5</td>
<td>And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.</td>
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<td class="v">1:6</td>
<td>And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.</td>
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<td class="v">1:7</td>
<td>For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.</td>
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<td class="v">1:8</td>
<td>Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.</td>
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<td class="v">1:9</td>
<td>Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.</td>
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<td class="v">1:10</td>
<td>If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:</td>
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<td class="v">1:11</td>
<td>For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.</td>
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<td class="v">1:12</td>
<td>Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.</td>
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<td class="v">1:13</td>
<td>The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.</td>
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